Wringer-guard.



E. LA YOUNG & H. N. MILLER.

.WRINGER GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.24, I9I4.

lgl, Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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, ing specification and embodied in the To'iall fui/om zr't may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD L. YOUNG and HENRY N. MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit,l Wayne county, Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrin er-Guards, of whichthe following is a speci cation, v i

.This invention relates to laundry wring ers, and more specifically to wringer guards.l

The object of our invention is to provide a wringer guard, simple economical, and durable in construction, which ma` be readily attached to a great variety already in use, as well'as adopted in the. construction of new wringers. It has a two-:told purpose, 1st, in prevent- 1n ro 1s and becoming torn and causing damage to the wringer; 2nd; by preventing the operator :troml getting his fingers between the rolls. -lt is especially adaptable for use on electric washing. machines in use` in private It is designed to comply with the safety-appliance statutes of many tof our Statesin affording protection to operators` vot such machines, when used in Iaundries Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the detailed description and drawings forming a part of this'specitication.

Furthermore, this invention consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more particularly described yin the followclaims appended hereunto and forminga part of this application.

Referring now to theulrawings which are merely illustrative of our invention Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wringer to which4 titl our guard is secured. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view of the same taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, look`- ing in the direction of the arrow.

Referring further to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters indicate simllar parts throughout the respective views, l

designates the `ame of a wrmger, while 2 are the gear wheels which transmit motion to the rolls 3 in the usual manner. While our guard may bc securedto various makes of wringers, we have selected for the purw poses of this application, the style of wrin er which has a metallic hood safety guar 4 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application n led August 24, 1914. Serial No. 858311.

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thevwrin er, the upper member 5 of the vguard wil move upwardly with the hood guards 4 and the upper wringer roll, all of which move coincidentally. In wringers havmg a stationary lower roll, as shown in thepreferred form `herein described, the lower member 7 of our guard is stationary and is secured at 8 to the wringer frame. From a point above the top of the upper roll, and extending longitudinally thereof, the upper member 5 extends outwardly and downwardly'a certain distance on both sides of said rolls, and. thence extends downwardly and inwardly to a point in close proximity to the point of Contact oi the upper and lower wringer rolls. rlhe lower member 7 of our guard likewise entends longitudinally. of the rolls 3 and from a point below the bottom of the lower roll,

projects outwardly and upwardly a certain distance onY both relatively farther from therolls than the outward extension ofthe upper member 5, thence inwardly and upwardly to a point in close proximity to the point o contact of the upper and lower wringer rolls.

In addition to serving as a guard, the lower member 7 also provides a feed'table upon which clothes may belaid preparatory to feeding them throughthe wringer.

Having now' described and piiinted out the new and useful features of our invention, we do not limit ourselves to the shape oi Acerti'iin partswhere the shape is not essential, nor do we restrict ourselves to the exact details of construction shown and described, but mea-naad intend to claim all equiv/:r lents and variations thereof not departing in principle from our invention and falling within the purview of the appended claims.

lWhat we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. ln a wringer the combination of wringer rolls, means for actuating said rolls, guard members spaced apart around saidirolls and substantially surrounding' the same, said guards being in close proximity to said rolls on both sides longitudinally thereof near the point of contact of the said rolls.

2. In a wringer the combination oi a sides of the rolls, to a point i ice ' frame, wringer rolls mounted in said frame,

meansadapted to revolve said rolls, a metallic sheet longitudinally disposed spaced apart from thel upper Wringer rolland mounted at both ends upon said frame, said metallic sheet extending from a point above said'upper roll outwardly and downwardly 'A Von both sides of said upper wringer roll,

thence downwardly and inwardly to a point in close proximity to the point of contact of theupper and lower Wringer rolls, a second longitudinally disposed metallic sheet spacedj i apart from the lower wringer roll and fixed at itsends to the frame of said Wringer,

said last named metallic sheet extending out- 15 wardly and upwardly from the bottom of said lowerl wringerrol-l and thence upwardly andjnwardly toa point in close proximity to the' point of contact between the lower' and upper wringerrolls. Y

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence ofV two witnesses.

EDWARD L. YOUNG. HENRY, N.r MILLER; Y

Witnesses:

' MARIE RICHARDSON,

GENEVIEVE L. LYoNs. 

